July 25, 2012 by: Michelle

Cami’s {Watermelon} Summer Play Date

I know, I know….a themed play date? But, of course! I try to throw a little summer play date for Cami every Summer and this year Watermelon immediately popped in my head as it’s Cami’s fave. {See last year’s “Sunshine + Lemonade” themed play date here} I swear I have more pink + green party supplies more than any other color so it worked out perfectly. Cami was beyond excited to have her little pals over for some fun. 15 kids + 8 moms = SUPER fun. The biggest hit of the playdate? WATER BALLOONS. Next time, I’ll be sure to have like 200 filled ahead of time. 😉 Oh well, you live and learn. A huge thank you to Ellie of Photography Studio 37, who is one of the mama’s to two of the girls at the play date, for capturing all of these super awesome photos.

Cami and I made cupcakes the night before – making cupcakes is her FAVORITE thing to do in the world. Seriously, who knew cracking eggs was so much fun!? 🙂 We made regular white cupcakes using lime green liners from Shop Sweet Lulu, tinted the frosting pink and added some mini chocolate chips on top to go along with the theme. My mama friend who was also at the playdate made the adorable watermelon cookies and Kelly from Lillycakes made the awesome watermelon cake pops! I used my pink cake plate from Olivia Dru to make a fun watermelon ball display. Thanks to Pinterest for the inspiration on that idea 🙂

Thanks to the Target dollar aisle for all of the cute things for the little favor buckets. Scented watermelon stickers, watermelon magnets and of course, bubbles!

OK, now to the best part – the adorable kiddos having FUN!! I think these photos capture the day perfectly. They were in water balloon heaven!

I adore the below picture. One little girl accidentally dropped her balloon and you can just see the sadness on the other girls faces that it popped. So sweet. Don’t worry girls, we have more 🙂

Hope these fun pictures inspire you to throw a little summer play date. I’m telling ya, all you need are some water balloons 🙂 Who knew!? And hopefully you now have a smile on your face if you didn’t already b/c those kiddos are all too cute! Hitting a water balloon off the baseball tee? Priceless.

Vendor Credits

Styling + Fabric Garland: I DO invitations by michelle
Photography: Ellie of Photography Studio 37

Hairbows/Headbands: AMK’s Boutique
Watermelon Cake Pops: Lillycakes
Tissue Paper Fans: Polka Dot Market

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July 24, 2012 by: Michelle

30 Days Blog Contributor

I’m super excited to be the new Blog Contributor for party ideas over at the awesome 30 Days blog. From printables to DIY to amazing recipes – it really has so many things you won’t want to miss. My first post is live today {click here to read} and I’m sharing my daughter’s recent Watermelon themed Play Date filled with lots of happy kiddos 🙂 I’d love it if you’d stop over there and leave me a little feedback! Positive, of course 🙂

Thanks so much Mique, I’m so excited to be a small part of the 30 Days team! You can catch my posts on the 4th Tuesday of each month 🙂 I’ll be posting more about Cami’s fun play date tomorrow 🙂 XO, m

July 23, 2012 by: Michelle

Style Me Pretty Feature

So awesome to wake up and see my Menu Card design featured on Style Me Pretty today! Woohoo!

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Such a beautiful wedding – see all the details and beautiful photos right here. You can also purchase the digital file to this menu card in my etsy shop right here. Congratulations Aaron + Erica! XO, m

July 20, 2012 by: Michelle

New Pink + Gray Birth Announcement

OK, so I’m not trying to toot my own horn but gosh I love this new design. Sweet Sara {from Sara Goff Photography} recently had her third child and this time around it’s a GIRL! Meet beautiful Lizzie and her adorable older brothers. Precious photos on the card taken by Sara 🙂

You can purchase this new design in my etsy shop. Congratulations Goff Family!! 🙂 XO, m

July 19, 2012 by: Michelle

Wedding Thank You Photo Cards

Sending your wedding thank you’s can be a daunting task. I make it pretty easy for you with the fun designs I sell in my etsy shop. Guests love getting a glimpse of your professional photos from your big day + you can simply write a more personalized note on the back! 🙂 You can purchase all of the below designs in my etsy shop for only $15. Are you wanting something a bit different? Please contact me as I love custom orders 🙂

Kalin + Brian’s Navy card is my biggest seller but I’d love to know…which is your fave?

XO, m

July 18, 2012 by: Michelle

Wedding Details I Love {Wedding Bouquet Inspiration}

This week I’ve featured a few weddings I designed invitations and other printables for, so I wanted to keep with the wedding theme and talk bouquets. I’m obsessed with unique color arrangements using an array of unique + fun flowers.

Here are a few of my favorites I recently pinned on Pinterest. Are you a fellow Pinterest addict?! 😉 If so, follow me here.

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Swoon! So many different styles yet all so beautiful! What style do you love?! XO, m

July 17, 2012 by: Michelle

Niki + Dan {Wedding Feature}

I’m so excited to share these amazing pictures with you from Dan & Niki’s beautiful June 30th Wedding. All photos taken by Heather Lanell Photography. I designed all of the paper products using their hot pink and black damask theme. Cannot get enough of it! I loved her idea of doing a movie poster style wedding invitation.

My hubby and I designed the double-sided sweets table sign which turned out so cute and you can now purchase in our etsy shop in any color scheme! 🙂 I also made the fabric garland which brought so much to the table! So glad I made it last minute 🙂

I am in love with using engagement photos as table numbers. Not only do they look great, they are a nice extra touch that your guests will surely enjoy.

Congratulations, Niki + Dan! Everything turned out amazing and Niki is one of my favorite brides EVER to work with. SO sweet and so organized. Love it. Thank you for letting me be a small part of your special day! XO, m

July 16, 2012 by: Michelle

Courtney & David {Wedding Feature}

I’m so excited to share with you some amazing photos of Courtney & David’s Purple + Silver Wedding that I had the pleasure of designing many of their paper products. All photos taken by Alberto Vazquez Photography.

Congratulations, Courtney + Dave! Such a beautiful wedding! And aren’t those little ring bearer pups the cutest?! Thank you so much for letting me be a small part to your special day! XO, m

July 12, 2012 by: Michelle

Nautical Summer Party

Our best friends host an annual Summer party every year and this year she decided on a fun navy, pink + aqua Nautical theme. I designed the paper goods and fabric garland 🙂 I absolutely love this color scheme for any type of party. Pretty much obsessed.

Didn’t everything turn out so cute? She got the Poms from Pom Love. Um…don’t those cupcakes look amazing? I can confirm that they indeed were 🙂

I’m sharing my idea on The Celebration Shoppe’s What I Made Wednesday link party!

July 10, 2012 by: Michelle

FLASH SALE!!

Hi friends! Today we’re gonna party like it’s my birthday because well it IS! 🙂 HUGE FLASH SALE in my etsy shop – today ONLY. TAKE 28% OFF EVERYTHING by entering coupon code LETSPARTY at checkout.